When Marcia Laureen Bennett was born on 28 April 1926, in Magrath, Cardston County, Alberta, Canada, her father, Robert Lloyd Bennett, was 24 and her mother, Verda Ludean Norton, was 19. She married Floyd Archie Chamlee on 15 January 1943, in Mountain Home, Elmore, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in World in 1935 and Burley Election Precinct 1, Cassia, Idaho, United States in 1940. She died on 9 June 2012, in Chino, San Bernardino, California, United States, at the age of 86.
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Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Alcatraz Island officially became Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on August 11, 1934. The island is situated in the middle of frigid water and strong currents of the San Francisco Bay, which deemed it virtually inescapable. Alcatraz became known as the toughest prison in America and was seen as a “last resort prison.” Therefore, Alcatraz housed some of America’s most notorious prisoners such as Al Capone and Robert Franklin Stroud. Due to the exorbitant cost of running the prison, and the deterioration of the buildings due to salt spray, Alcatraz Island closed as a penitentiary on March 21, 1963.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an alliance between 29 North American and European countries. The agreement of the alliance is to help defend each other if attacked by an external country. The last country to enter was Montenegro in 2017.
English: from the medieval personal name Benedict , from Latin Benedictus ‘blessed’. In the 12th century the Latin form of the name is found in England alongside versions derived from the Old French form Beneit, Benoit, which was common among the Normans. The surname has also been established in Ireland since the 14th century.
German: from a short form of the personal name Bernhard .
Altered form of French Benet or Bennet or of some other similar (like-sounding) French surname. Altered ending reflects the Canadian and American French practice of sounding the final -t.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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